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The Role of Digital Infrastructure in Socio-economic Development

8 April 2021

Successful countries have developed their ability to innovate and learn by doing, by investing public funding to help finance research and development in critical areas. Everyone is involved – big and small, public, and private, rich, and poor.

How ATLs Are Boosting Skills of Indian Youth

15 February 2021

Every year on 15 July creators, makers, and innovators around the world, who are making this tiny blue planet of ours more liveable, celebrate World Youth Skills Day.

A Union Budget that bets on growth

1 February 2021

The government has shed fiscal conservatism, ramped up capital expenditure, and pushed structural reforms

Making India Aatmanirbhar in Advance Battery Storage

7 December 2020

With growing concerns on environment protection and on achieving energy security, and with major technological advancements, especially in the field of battery storage during last decade, the world is today witnessing an unprecedented disruption in the way the energy sector and mobility once operated.

How the Khawa Cluster in Osmanabad Is Changing Lives En Masse

3 December 2020

One of the perks of working in the development sector is gaining steady exposure to intricate, yet localised, problems that require a nuanced understanding of the complex interplay of state policy, environmental conditions and socio-economic practices prevailing in the area.

Combating Malnutrition Requires Granular Approach

25 November 2020

Malnutrition rates have been declining in India, but the absolute numbers of stunted (short for age) (46.6 million), wasted (low weight for height) (25.5 million), and anaemic children (73 million under-3 children) are still a concern. With a prodigious challenge of triple burden of malnutrition -- under-nutrition, over-nutrition and micro-nutrient malnutrition -- facing India and due to the cultural and geographical variance across states, combating malnutrition requires a granular approach.

Is IBC 2016 Effective?

5 November 2020

Four years down the line, how is the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016, working? Its performance ought to be seen in totality--in terms of what happens under the IBC, on account of it and within its shadow.

Consumer in Post-Corona India

16 September 2020

>While lockdowns were an ideal measure to limit the transmission of Covid-19, they had unintended con-sequences, especially in a developing country like India, where majority of the population lives hand to mouth.

Deciphering the World Press Freedom Index

31 July 2020

Let's take a closer look at the methodology and functioning of the World Press Freedom Index.

Powering Aatmanirbhar Bharat through Innovation and Entrepreneurship

27 July 2020

An ongoing pandemic of unprecedented proportions, Covid-19 has impacted lives and livelihoods across the globe. Even as the best minds in the world race towards finding preventive and curative solutions to combat and curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, the current crisis has been an eye-opener to several opportunities that have presented themselves during this time.